Sanitary cigarette case

ABSTRACT

A package for cigarettes, in particularly, a sanitary cigarette case which can avoid filter tips from being contacted by fingers, so avoiding germs on fingers from spreading into mouth through filter tips, includes a case body and a case cover and is characterized in that the opening surface of the case body is parallel with the longitudinal axis of cigarettes, the opening end of the case body is covered by the case cover, which has a concavity in its longer face. The advantage of this cigarette case is that it is designed in such a configuration so that person can only put the middle of cigarette when they nick cigarette out of cigarette case, thereby avoiding filter tips from being contacted by fingers, so preventing germs on fingers from spreading into mouth through filter tips. Therefore, this cigarette case has sanitary, convenience, elegant operation, simple process and low cost.

TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to sanitary cigarette package, especiallyrelates to a sanitary cigarette case which can avoid filter tips ofcigarettes therein from being contacted by fingers so as to preventgerms on fingers from spreading into mouth through the filter tips.

BACKGROUND ART OF THE INVENTION

At present, the known high-grade cigarette package is generally achipboard cigarette case with the cover turned up, in which generallyaccommodates twenty cigarettes, there are also cases for accommodatingthe cigarette whose number is nine, ten and sixteen etc, an opening isprovided at the short side of the rectangle cigarette case, the openingsurface is disposed transversely with the longitudinal axis of thecigarette. A defect of this kind of cigarette case having been used formany years is that the cigarette is taken out from the cigarette caseonly by holding the filter tip with hand, while the filter tip havingcontacted with the finger is to be contacted with lip while smoking,which leads to germs on fingers spreading into mouth through filter tipas a result of making the unhealthy smoking habit more insanitary,sometimes, the smoker shall invite other person to have the cigarette bynipping the filter tip, this is not only insanitary but also increasingthe infecting source of illness, and the awkward is often occurred; thefunction of the filter tip is initially for filtering the harmfulsubstance to the human body in the cigarette in order to greatly protectpeople's health, but the existing cigarette case structure makes thefilter tip to be the medium inducing the harmful substance into thehuman body. In order to avoid this conflict, some smokers would like totake the cigarette by nipping the end with exposed tobacco leaf byopening the bottom of the cigarette case in stead of taking thecigarette from the opening, although this way is sanitary, but which iseasy to make the tobacco leaf loose by nipping the end to which thetobacco leaf is exposed, the cigarette is easy to fall out, thusaffecting the appearance of the cigarette case and the cigarettequality, and also the operation is complex.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

Concerning the above, the inventive purpose of the present invention isto provide a kind of sanitary, convenient package structure, which canmake people only take the middle portion of cigarette when they pickcigarette out of cigarette case, thus not only avoiding insanitary andinfectivity while taking cigarette tip, but also avoiding cigarette leafloose while taking the end to which cigarette leaf is exposed, therefor,this cigarette case has simple structure and convenience, elegantoperation.

The present invention is originated from the inventor's years practicalexperience of different kinds of package research and repetitious hardwork.

In regard to the disadvantages of the prior art, the purpose of thisinvention is to provide a sanitary cigarette case, which can make peopleself-conscious avoiding fingers from contacting with filter tip, thuspreventing germs on fingers from spreading into mouth through filtertip.

The purpose of the present invention could be realized by the followingtechnical scheme: the present invention includes a case body and a casecover and is characterized in that an opening surface of the case bodyis parallel with a longitudinal axis of cigarettes, the opening surfaceof the case body is covered by the case cover and has an openingthereon, there is provided a recess in a surface (hereinafter as “longside surface of the opening”) of the case body in which a long side ofthe opening surface lies.

The further characterized technical features of the present inventionare that the case cover is connected with the case body integrally andcan be turned up; there is a notch at a surface (hereinafter as “shortside surface of the opening”) of the case body in which a short side ofthe opening surface lies for taking cigarettes out conveniently, thereis a section of closing surface at an end of the caseopening surfaceopposed to the notch; the recess is formed by perforating lines easy totear on the case body, and a plurality of perforating lines are disposedalong the longitudinal direction of the recess, the length of the recessis long enough for taking out of the cigarettes within the case; anelastic sheet may be disposed at the opposite side of the caseopeningsurface, or a pulling strip for holding cigarettes from bottom of thecase, one end of the pulling strip is adhered to an inner upper end ofthe case, while the other end thereof extends to the opening at theopposite side of the adhered position at the upper of the case body; aninner lining is disposed within the case body, the recess at the longside surface of the opening is formed on the inner lining; the notchbeing disposed on the inner lining for convenient taking out thecigarettes is formed at the short side surface of the caseopening; aprotruded part of the inner lining is folded onto another protruded partof the inner lining to form the section of closing surface at one end ofthe long side surface of the caseopening; one end of the elastic sheetcould be attached between the inner lining and the inner surface of thecase body; the elastic sheet is formed by a hard sheet under which aspring is disposed.

ADVANTAGES OF THE INVENTION

The advantages of the present invention is to provide a sanitarycigarette case, which can make people self-conscious avoiding fingerfrom contact with filter tip, thus preventing germs on fingers fromspreading into mouth through the filter tip, therefor, this cigarettecase has a simple structure and a convenience, elegant operation.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The detailed description of the present invention is made reference tothe accompanying drawings in connection with the preferred embodiments,in which:

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural view of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view showing the inner lining shape of the presentinvention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view showing the long recess formed by theperforating lines provided at the case body;

FIG. 4 is a structural schematic view showing the formed pulling stripat the bottom of the case body.

1 case body 2 case cover 3 inner lining 4 recess 5 notch 6 filter tip 7cigarette 8 elastic sheet 9 closing surface 10 protruded part 11perforating line 12 pulling strip

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS OF THE INVENTION

The present invention includes a case body 1, a case cover 2, the casebody 1 and the case cover 2 could be formed integrally, and also couldbe formed separately, an opening surface of the case body 1 is disposedparallelly to the longitudinal axis of the cigarette in the cigarettebix, thus the cigarettes are disposed transversely at the opening of thecase, this could make it easier for holding the middle portion of thecigarettes, the case cover 2 is covered at the opening surface of thecase body, a recess 4 is disposed at a surface (i.e. long side surfaceof the opening) of the opening in which a long side of the openingsurface lies, and it is preferable to dispose the recess 4 at the middleportion of the long side of the opening surface, disposing the recess atthe long side could make it to hold the cigarette at the recess byfingers and taking out the cigarettes, when longer recess is needed, themulti-stage tearing could be adopted to prolong the recess, thus beingeasier for taking out all the cigarettes from the case, the surface ofthe recess 4 could be coated with thin paper, one end of the thin paperis connected to one side of the recess and join the recess surface forcovering the said recess, or the recess 4 is formed by the perforatinglines easy to tear on the case body 1, a plurality of parallelperforating lines are disposed along a longitudinal direction of therecess 4, the corresponding covering part is torn along the perforatinglines according to the desired position being held in use, the length ofthe recess 4 should be convenient to take out all the cigarettes withinthe case.

When the case cover 2 is connected with the case body 1 integrally, thecase cover 2 can be turned up; there is a notch 5 at another surface(i.e. short side surface of the opening) of the case body 1 opening fortaking cigarettes out conveniently, a short side of the opening surfacelies in the above short side surface, the area of the notch 5 is aslightly larger than the sectional area of the cigarette, or a largernotch 5 is formed by cutting a part of the upper end of the short sideof the opening surface out; there is a section of closing surface 9 atopening surface of the case body, within which the cigarette exposedends are disposed, by which could not only to protect the cigaretteexposed end, but also could prevent the cigarettes all to spill out ofthe case while taking the cigarettes at the bottom of the case byinverting the case. In addition, when an elastic sheet or pulling stripis disposed at the opposite side of the case opening surface, it canavoid the cigarettes being all ejected or pulled out; an elastic sheet 8is disposed at the opposite side (that is the bottom of the case body)of the opening of the case body 1, which can push the cigarettes at thelower layer to the upper layer at the opening, or a pulling strip 12 forholding cigarettes from bottom of the case body 1 is disposed, one endof the pulling strip is adhered to the inner upper end of the case body,while the other end extends to the opening at the opposite side of theadhered position at the upper of the case body, which is for convenientto hold the pulling strip at the opening and taking the cigarettes out;the inner lining 3 is disposed within the case body for enhancing thestrength of the case body, an overlap part being formed by the innerlining at the upper of the case body 1 and the case cover 2, which canhold cigarettes within the case while opening the case in the conditionthat the case cover and the case body are formed integrally, the recess4 at the long side surface of the opening is formed on the inner lining3; a notch being disposed on the inner lining 3 for convenient takingout the cigarettes is formed at the short side surface of the caseopening and can extend to the edge of the recess at the long side of theinner lining; the protruded part 10 of the inner lining is folded ontoanother protruded part of the inner lining to form the section ofclosing surface 9 at the one end of the long side of the case body; theone end of the elastic sheet 8 could be attached between the innerlining 3 and the inner surface of the case body 1; the elastic sheet 8is formed by a hard sheet under which spring is disposed, the spring canbe fixed at the bottom of the case body, and the cigarettes are disposedon the hard sheet.

Concerning the above, the present invention is to provide a sanitarycigarette case, which can make people self-conscious avoiding fingerfrom contact with filter tip, thus preventing germs on fingers fromspreading into mouth through filter tip, therefor, this cigarette casehas a simple structure and a convenience, elegant operation, and alsothe protection scope of the present invention is not limited to theabove preferred embodiments, and any equivalent modification of thepresent invention are also fallen into the protection scope of theclaims of present invention.

1. A cigarette case, comprising a case body and a case cover, an openingsurface of the case body is generally parallel with a longitudinal axisof cigarettes in the cigarette case, wherein the opening surface of thecase body is covered by the case cover, wherein a recess is provided ina long side surface of the opening, a notch is provided at a short sidesurface of the case body opening for taking cigarettes out conveniently,and a section of closing surface is formed at one end of thecase_opening surface opposed to the opening.
 2. The cigarette caseaccording to claim 1, wherein the case cover is connected with the casebody integrally and can be turned up.
 3. The cigarette case according toclaim 1, wherein the recess is formed by perforate lines provided on thecase body, and a plurality of perforate lines are disposed along alongitudinal direction of the recess, the length of the recess is sizedfor taking out the cigarettes within the case.
 4. The cigarette caseaccording to claim 1, wherein an elastic sheet is disposed at anopposite side surface of the case opening.
 5. The cigarette caseaccording to claim 1, wherein an inner lining is disposed within thecase body, the recess at the long side surface of the opening is formedon the inner lining.
 6. The cigarette case according to claim 5, whereina notch is disposed on the inner lining for taking out the cigarettesand is formed at the short side surface of the case opening.
 7. Thecigarette case according to claim 6, wherein a protruded part of theinner lining is folded onto another protruded part of the inner liningto form the section of closing surface at the one end of the openingsurface of the case body.
 8. The cigarette case according to claim 6,wherein an elastic sheet is disposed at the opposite side of thecase_opening.
 9. The cigarette case according to claim 8, wherein oneend of the elastic sheet is attached between the inner lining and theinner surface of the case body, the elastic sheet being formed by a hardsheet under which a spring is disposed.
 10. The cigarette case of claim1, further comprising a pulling strip for holding cigarettes, positionedtoward the bottom of the case, one end of the pulling strip beingadhered to an inner upper end of the case, while the other end thereofextends to the opening at the opposite side surface of the case body.